Definition of Eclipsed

Eclipsed

I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.Maya Lin

A normal way that the American free market system has worked is that we have a process of unwinding. It's called bankruptcy. It doesn't mean, necessarily, that the industry is eclipsed or that it's gone. Often times, the phoenix rises out of the ashes.Michele Bachmann

The nation that is supreme above all others during one age, will be eclipsed by another in the next age.Paul Harris